GunCRisis Reporting: Shooters wound 96 during June in Philadelphia; at least 14 have died

Shooters wound 96 during June in Philadelphia; at least 14 have died Posted: 02 Jul 2013 10:56 AM PDT A 13-year-old girl who lost an eye to a stray bullet in North Philadelphia was  the youngest gunshot victim of the month in Philadelphia, followed by 14- and 15-year-old boys. The oldest victim was a 71-year-old man. Altogether, we counted 96 shooting victims from 81 shooting incidents reported across Philadelphia in June, based on our original reporting, media reports, police officials and other  sources. Three triple shootings and nine double shootings were reported. Fourteen victims were pronounced dead on the day they were shot — all adult men —  but 15 more people were initially reported in critical condition, including three women. Seven more women were wounded but reported in stable condition. Two taxi drivers were wounded in separate shooting incidents and two women were injured when their vehicle collided with a shooting victim who was apparently trying to drive himself to the hospital at high speed. Our count excludes an incident in which police shot a disturbed man and one in which a shopkeeper  reportedly shot a robbery suspect, because we have no information that those incidents were initiated  by gun suspects. Accidental and other self-inflicted shootings are also excluded from our reports. On Sunday, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that homicides were down by 40 percent in the first six months of 2013, when compared with 2012, but our analysis shows that Philadlephia’s per capita homicide rate remains more than four times as great as in New York City  so far this year. At least counted 131 shooting victims were reported across Philadelphia during the previous month. View Philadelphia shooting victim reports for June, 2013 in a larger map. Please share your ideas to stop the shooting in our community by using the #phillypeaceplan hash tag when communicating on social media: http://guncrisis.org/phillypeaceplan/ The Gun Crisis Reporting Project is an award-winning, independent, nonprofit journalism  community striving to illuminate the epidemic of homicide by gunfire in Philadelphia —  and to find solutions. Shooters kill one man and wound two in separate incidents Thursday in Philadelphia Updated: Shooters wound four, one critically, overnight in Philadelphia Updated with crime scene photos: Shooters wound four, one critically, overnight in Philadelphia

Shooting victim run over by motorist Monday night in Fernhill, dies at hospital Posted: 02 Jul 2013 06:06 AM PDT Police investigate and neighbors look onafter a 21-year-old man was shot three times  and then accidentally run over by a motorist Monday night in the Fernhill section of Philadelphia. Photographs for the Gun Crisis Reporting Project by Joseph Kaczmarek. According to police, they responded to the report of gunfire at 10:05 p.m. and found the victim lying in the intersection of Morris and West Apsley Streets with multiple gunshot wounds as well as injuries suffered when a  motorist accidentally drove over him. Investigators said the motorist remained on scene and was cooperating with the  homicide investigation. A large crime scene stretched for a block along Fernhill  Park where several parked cars had also been struck by bullets. The victim was pronounced dead at Temple University Hospital, according to a report  from 6ABC. NBC10 reports that police did not charged the the driver in connection with the incident. Slideshow: Police investigate Fernhill shooting scene. Photographs by Joseph Kaczmarek. Morris Street Homicide Police gather on the 4500 block of Morris Street in the Fernhill section in Philadelphia on Monday July 1, 2013, after a man was fatally shot then run over by a car. According to police at 10:05 p.m. they responded to the area for a report of gunfire and located a 21 year-old man lying in the intersection of Morris Street and W. Apsley suffering from three gunshots as well as injuries he received when a motorist accidentally drove over the shooting victim. The victim was taken to Temple Hospital where he was pronounced police said. Investigators said the motorist who struck the shooting victim with his car did remained on scene and was cooperating with the homicide investigation. The large crime scene stretched for a block along Morris St. beside Fernhill Park where several parked cars had been struck by bullets. GunCrisis.org/ Joseph Kaczmarek Five more people were wounded by gunfire on the first day of July in Philadelphia: As we reported earlier, medics rushed a man to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was reported in critical condition after he was shot in the head early Monday morning in the Kingsessing section of Southwest Philadelphia. Shortly before 6 p.m. Monday, a 23-year-old man was shot in the leg on Elmhurst Street near East Howell Street in the Crescentville section of the city. At about 11:15 Monday night, a 32-year-old man was shot in the arm on Rodman Street near 53rd Street in West Philadelphia. And then close to midnight, an 18-year-old man was shot in the area of Wyalusing Avenue and 43rd Street in West Philadelphia. The last three victims were reported in stable condition at area hospitals. If you want to get involved in gun violence reduction in Philadelphia, please consider volunteering your time or making a donation to one of the organizations listed under our Network tab at the top of this site. If you would like us to add your group to our list, please email us at info@guncrisis.org. Related posts: Confrontation leads to fatal shooting in Wednesday night in Fernhill Motorist spots victim after fatal shooting in North Philadelphia overnight Shooting victim drives himself to get help Monday afternoon in Frankford